Dr. Dean Grubbs is fish ecologist with interests in the biology of poorly studied as well as recreationally and commercially important estuarine and marine fishes. Much of his research addresses specific biological gaps necessary for management and conservation coastal and deepwater sharks and rays. He is a member of the IUCN Shark Specialists Group and the NOAA Smalltooth Sawfish Recovery Implementation Team and is President of the American Elasmobranch Society, the largest scientific society dedicated to the study of sharks and their relatives. Dean is Associate Research Faculty and the Associate Director of Research at Florida State University's Coastal and Marine Laboratory where he mentors graduate and undergraduate students, engages in community outreach, and maintains and active research program on the ecology of deepwater and coastal fishes.